The second we arrived at Disney Castle, we were ushered into the dining room. The king fed us well and we ate all we could. I don't think any of us realized how hungry we were. It had been days since we had a decent meal. Not since Destiny Island exploded.

No one spoke throughout the entire meal. We ate with our heads down, facing our plates. Each of us mourning our loss in different ways. Every once in a while, I glanced up and looked at Sora's face. I could see his conflicted feelings. Anger and sadness.

And still no one said anything.

But that's different now.

King Mickey let us use the library just down the hall from the throne room to have our meeting. There's a lot of talking going on here. More like yelling.

"Is what he said true?" Sora is no longer trying to control his anger. He's letting it all flow out towards Nyzol.

"The answer is complicated, Sora."

"No, it's not! Am I your son? Yes or no?"

Nyzol doesn't say anything. He stands there with his eyes facing the floor. The seconds drag on.

I am leaning against the desk across the room, with my arms crossed over my chest. Inside, I'm trying to will Nyzol to answer. This has got to end. But he doesn't say anything.

"Tell him, Nyzol." Everyone's eyes turn to me, even Riku sitting on the floor in the corner who hasn't looked up the entire meeting. I can see Sora's accusations on his face. "Tell him or I will."

"You knew?" Sora's hostility is so strong that I can almost feel it.

"Yes, you are my son. Do not blame Dexlin. He only found out a short time before we left the dead world. I made him swear his silence."

"Why? Why did you lie to us?"

"Because the truth was too dangerous. Hubrin had no idea of your true identity. As long as he didn't know, I did not see the reason for telling you."

"You're my father. You didn't think that was important?"

"Sora, all these years, there has been nothing more important to me. Everything I've done is for you and your protection."

"Then stop lying to me now. Actually knowing the truth of the past might have kept Namine from dying."

I hear Riku stifle a quiet sob. There is a stabbing pain in the pit of my stomach from the sound.

"Most of what I told you was true. The great war. You were called the Children of Hope by the survivors. Hubrin wanted you dead so we did what we had to for your protection. We sent you off with some of our best soldiers to act as your parents. We couldn't go with you because Hubrin would track us. It was the only way we could protect you from Hubrin's all seeing eyes. We let you go to save your lives."

"Where's my mother?"

"She died. She was killed in the last major battle of the war." Nyzol's voice cracks. "We lost most everyone in that battle. Kairi's parents. Riku's father. It was a great blow to the believers in the Children of Hope."

"What about my mother?" Riku gets to his feet unsteadily. For the first time I can see exactly how red his eyes are. "Did she die in the war?"

"No. She survived until the end. But her fate was much worse. She was used as an example to the others who refused to join Hubrin's forces."

Everyone is quiet again. This is little more information than we expected.

"Now do you understand why I didn't tell you? What good will this information do you, but to inform you of the horrors of your past?"

Sora steps closer to Nyzol, so close that their noses are almost touching. "I think it would have been good, when I was going into a battle that could have easily killed me, to know that I still had family in the worlds." There is nothing but anger in his voice. He storms away from Nyzol to the other side of the room.

"I know you are angry with me, Sora, but there are bigger things at stake right now. We have a serious advantage. The books you brought back from Lyx's library give us an insight that no other person has ever had. We need to be studying them."

"What's the point? Now that Hubrin knows who we are, what's stopping him from destroying whatever world we happen to be on?" I don't think I have ever heard this level of defeat in Sora's voice.

"He can't do that."

"Yes, he can. Were you not paying attention to what happened to Destiny Island?" I'm surprised by the sound of Roxas's voice. I didn't think about how angry he would be. But, in a way, Nyzol is his father too. He must feel just as betrayed as Sora.

"I mean that it is not within his power to do so. Nyzol does not have the ability to destroy a natural world. Your home was manufactured by the Creator as a safe haven for you."

"Our home wasn't real?" Kairi's shock is evident.

"It was real. The Creator made it that way. But it did have its vulnerabilities. Hubrin took advantage of that."

"Are you ever going to tell us the whole truth, Nyzol? Or are you just going to keep springing surprises on us as we go along?" Sora doesn't even look up as he asks the question.

"The whole story is too complicated. It will take time for you to fully understand the horrors of what occurred all those years ago. And that is time that we do not have. Hubrin is gaining more power as we speak. Instead of squabbling amongst ourselves we should turn out attention to the books. Some of them look like they came directly from the Creator's personal library. You will find answers there as well as possible plans of attack."

I know he's right and I think Sora does too. But his anger may keep him from agreeing. And no matter what we think, we will follow Sora.

"We'll study the books. Hopefully they will give us some ideas. We got ourselves into this battle and it's too late to stop now."

Nyzol takes a step towards us. "I think that…"

"Shut up." Sora isn't yelling anymore. He sounds completely worn out. "I don't care what you do, Nyzol, just stay away from me."

I can see the hurt spread across Nyzol's face. I try to give him a supportive look as I follow Sora and the others out of the library.